Heel-fastening means



A. VOMELA.

HEEL FASTENING MEANS.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. a, 1920.

1,354,356, I PatentedSept. 28,1920.

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HEEL-FASTENING MEANS:

Applicationfiled March 8, 1920.

1' 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ANTON VOMELA, a citizen of the United States, residing at St Paul, in the county ofRamsey and State of Minnesota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Heel-Fastening Means, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in fastening means for shoe heels and more particularly for heels used on ladies shoes, and especially for the high heels known as French heels.

An object of the invention improved anchoring means for by the pull of the heel in its is to provide heels, wheretendency to separate from the sole will be distributed over a comparatively large area of the insole, special consideration having beengiven to the strict avoidance of centering any appreciable amount of stress on the upper and counter surrounding the heel. In some forms of anchoring.1neans now in use a large part of the stress tending to separate the heel from the shoe is brought to bear on the lap of the upper over the insole resulting in fracture of the upper at visible points adjacent the heel.

A further object of the invention is to provide heel fastening means which may be cheaply manufactured and easily applied and which will entail no radical changes in the manufacture of shoes.

To this end the invention consists of the construction, combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter described and claimed. In the drawings:

Figurel is a perspective view of the invention applied to a heel of a ladies shoe, the heel being partly broken away.

Fig. 2 is sectional view on line 22 of F g. 1.

ig. 3 is a sectional view on line 33 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 4 is. a perspective view of the heel end of the insole and main sole illustrating the initial step in applying the invention, and

, Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the heel end of the main sole showing the invention applied on ordinary heels or military heels. In the drawings A represents the upper of a ladies shoe, B the sole thereof and C the insole underlying the latter. D repre sents a finish covering overlying the sole l3 and extending over the forward curved Specification of Letters Patent.

. of pegs or Patented Sept. 28, 1920. Serial No; 364,127.

face of the heel. Between the sole and secured to the latter sole and inas by means nails 1 and extending longitudinally of the sole is the heel anchor or fastening member F. The heel anchor comprises a comparatively long narrow platelike shank 2 bent upon itself at its rear end (relative to the shoe) at acute angle so as to form a comparatively short hook member extending forwardly. The hook member is formed with a centrally disposed bifurcation 3 extending toward the bend 4 of the anchor, whereby are formed two forwardly extended tines or fingers 5 each having near its free end a hole 6 adapted to receive suitable nails whereby the tines .may be nailed to the insole C in a manner respectively, these lips being superposed one upon another and overlying collectively the insole, as indicated in Fig. 2. The anchor F is so positioned longitudinally on the insole as to bring the bend 4 thereof well up to the bend constituting the base of the superposed lips.

Piercing the hook and shank member adjacent the bend 4 of the anchor is the elongated opening 10 adapted to receive one or more nails, as shown in. Fig. 4, whereby, as shown in Fig. 2, the insole, anchor. and said threesuperposed lips may be firmly fastened together by means of nails 11 and 12. the latter tending to prevent lateral shifting of the anchor and opening of the hook portion thereof. Thus the upper together with the counter and lining'are firmly secured to the insole and anchor F.

Permanently positioned in the concave underface 13 is the headed pin or screw 14, the head 15 thereof extending a distance from the face 13 so that the shank of the screw may freely enter the bifurcation 3 of the anchor member. he screw is positioned relative to the rearmost edge 16 of the heel r of the lip of the upper rounding surface to 13 of the heel the sole i3 is a contlnuous knife edge 16 nail holes 6 cation a distance beyond the.

Fig. l of the in the tines 5. 'As indicated in drawings the sole B is cut away along its' edges so as to fit loosely within the space described by the edges of the superposed lips 7, Sand 9 thereby leaving the outer face exposed to serve as gluing surface to contact with the under surface 13 of the heel. To further present a V into the concave face chamfered to form are positioned as shown in Fig. 1. The

[most edge 16 away from the "the anchor, 7 ing to separate the heel from the sole being the screw should yield heel is slid longitudinally rearwardly, the

screw 14 entering the bifurcation3 until the properly placed, a g previously been The soles are now edge lbf of the heel is quantity of glue havin placed over the parts.

nailed to the heel, as'indicated in Fig. 2,-

the insole andthe shank 2 of the anchor all "conforming to the concavityof the undersurface of the heel, the glue filling any interstices which may be formed. In the process of nailing into the heel from the inslde of the shoe the nails in the holes 6 of the tines may be further crushed or clenched whereby the Fig. 2. If new the joint to the rear of the heel and sole would not separate because the anchor portion between the screw and bend would yieldingly resist separation and thereby prevent rupture of the leather.

I claim:

1. In heel fastening means, the combination with the heel and the body of the shoe, of a strap of metal firmly securedfiatwi'se longitudinally on the bottom ofthe body of the shoe at the heel portion thereof, the rear portion of said strap-being formed with indicated by the arrows glued or lightly nailed a hook the jaw thereof facing forwardly the freeend of said hook being bifurcated, lockmg means on the heel adapted to engage said hook to he slid into said bifurcation to when the parts the heel portion of th latter consisting of lock the heel to sa d body of the shoe, said hook being perforated to the rear of said bifurcation whereby the body of the shoe may belirmly secured thereto irrespective of the heel for the purpose set forth.

2. In a heel anchor, the combination with the heel, a locking member on the heel, and the heel portion ofthe body of the shoe the latter consisting of an insole, an outer sole overlying said insole and a counter and upper overlapping the'edge of said insole, of a strap of metal secured to said'insole and overlaid by said outersole said strap being formed with-a hook adapted to interlockingly engage said locking memberjof the heel to hold the latter positioned on the shoe body, a portion of said strap extending rear- Wardly beyond said locking member when the latter is in interlocked position andextending between the insole and said overlaps of the counter and upper, said rearwardly extending part having provision whereby it may be collectively secured together with the insole and saidoverlaps.

3. In aheel anchor, the combination with the heel having a proj ecting headed pin, and g body ofthe shoe the an insole, an outer sole overlying saidinsole and a counter and upper overlapping the edge of said insole, of a strap of metal secured to said insole and overlaid by said outersole said strap being formed with a forwardly opening hook adapted to interlockingly engage said headed pin of the heel to hold the latter positioned on the shoe body, the bend of the hook end of said strap extending between the insole and saidoverlap of the counter and upper for the purpose set forth.

4. Heel fasteningmeans consisting of a metallic member secured flatwise on the bottom of the body of the shoe at the heel portion thereof and being formed so that a rearportion thereof relative to the shoe will be spaced from said bottom, a cooperating member on theheeladapted to extend under said spaced portion at a position a distance from the rcarmost end of said metallic member to lock the heel to the shoe body, and provision on said metallic member for fas tening said spacedportion to the shoe body at positions in front and to the rear of said cooperating member. 1 r

In testimony whereof Iaflix my signature. I

ANTON voMELA, 

